Nasa Scientists Select 2 Areas For Spirit Rover To Explore

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January 14, 2004

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA said Tuesday that it has picked two locations on Mars for its Spirit rover to visit: a nearby crater and, later, a distant cluster of hills the explorer will reach -- or die trying. "We know where we are now, and we also know where we're going," Steven Squyres, the mission's main scientist, said during a news conference at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Spirit remained on track to roll onto the Martian soil late today or early Thursday.